Patient preferences for physician characteristics in university-based primary care clinics

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-267

  García, Jorge A ^a   Paterniti, Debora A ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^a   Kravitz, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups psychology; Patients psychology; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RACE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0038512495     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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